St. Valentine’s Day is coming again!
Can you ignore it? Of course you can…if it is too painful to remember what it means, right?
Basically, it reminds us of the excitement from love feelings. Love feelings? Ha, what were those, you might ask?
When you first fall in love, there are certain chemicals in your brain that make [...]
If you feel a need to be right, and impose your views, and take over the place of the “expert” in your marriage….well you need to know this is a dead end way.
We enter into relationships by choice… they are very different situations compared with the first one, when we were children and needed to [...]
In life there are always difficult interpersonal situations, which force us into soul searching because we want to change fast what is hurting us so deeply.
Are you kept by your loved one in hurtful, frustrating, and confusing isolation, and you don’t know why? Have you always been afraid of confronting someone you love, because he/she [...]
In marriage, we have always this tug of war: which idea of marriage will we follow? If it happens that the husband is convinced of the merits of the traditional, hierarchical marriage, she then knows that her role has been designed for her. Submission and acceptance of her fate are already prescribed by society, religion [...]
Do you remember the times when it felt as if everything you did was being watched and scrutinized by your man, all done with a suspicious and angry attitude? As if trying to catch you on something despicable? Making you feel like a berated child?
It makes you feel always unsure of being accepted or loved…walking [...]
Trying to understand the confusion that his message: “I love you” causes in your brain, because he says that while he is always busy with everything else but you?
Have you noticed that usually there is a thick curtain of technological devices between you and him, like his cell phone (always in a call with [...]
Why having a great relationship is so important for all of us?
We cherish love stories because they show us that it is possible to be perfectly loved. All around us people talk about romance, soul-mates and endless love…while being in normal, safe but dull relationships. Is this a collective dream?
What are we all looking for [...]
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Marriage is a covenant that requires a delicate balance between the members: the expectation is of reciprocal support and acceptance. When this attitude is not offered by itself, as part of the deal, some basic trust is broken.
How this issue is broached, makes the whole difference. Can we ask for support without feeling humiliated and [...]
What is verbal abuse? the use of verbal communication to control, put down, and diminish the other person’s self-image. This is a move in the greater battle between people, the “who controls whom” power play.
Sometimes couples have an implicit contract by which they will allow the other to “keep them in their place,” so stifling [...]
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